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We have ANOTHER critter in our menagerie...
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<blockquote data-quote="GoingNorth" data-source="post: 313793" data-attributes="member: 1963"><p>Yeah. The tarentella was named because it was thought that the dance mimicked the behavior of people bitten by tarantulas.</p><p></p><p>Personally I think that's a cute one!</p><p></p><p>Tarantulas have a very impressive threat display where they rear up on their back pairs of legs, wave the front ones around, and bare their fangs.</p><p></p><p>They also, if really feeling threatened, will rip out their own body hair and THROW it at the aggressor.</p><p></p><p>The hairs are incredibly fine and also barbed. It is supposed to be like getting a face full of fiberglass and from what I've read, acts as a pretty good deterrent to predators.</p><p></p><p>Do a bit of searching on how to care and feed your new family member. I seem to remember it was crickets raised on vitamin supplemented feed, but that's from thirty years ago. I'm sure we know a lot more about how to care for these critters now.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="GoingNorth, post: 313793, member: 1963"] Yeah. The tarentella was named because it was thought that the dance mimicked the behavior of people bitten by tarantulas. Personally I think that's a cute one! Tarantulas have a very impressive threat display where they rear up on their back pairs of legs, wave the front ones around, and bare their fangs. They also, if really feeling threatened, will rip out their own body hair and THROW it at the aggressor. The hairs are incredibly fine and also barbed. It is supposed to be like getting a face full of fiberglass and from what I've read, acts as a pretty good deterrent to predators. Do a bit of searching on how to care and feed your new family member. I seem to remember it was crickets raised on vitamin supplemented feed, but that's from thirty years ago. I'm sure we know a lot more about how to care for these critters now. [/QUOTE]
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